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VB6 absolutely needs a runtime and so this is not a useful distinction http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24417
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'''Managed code''' is computer program [[source code]] that requires and will execute only under the ''management'' of a [[Common Language Runtime]] [[virtual machine]], typically the [[.NET Framework]], or [[Mono (software)|Mono]]. The term was coined by [[Microsoft]].
 
Managed code is code written in one of over twenty high-level programming languages that are available for use with the Microsoft .NET Framework, including C#, J#, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft JScript and .NET, while unmanaged code refers to programs written in [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], [[Visual Basic 6]] and other languages that do not need a runtime to execute.
 
== Terminology ==